ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,939, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Superba SAS (Mulhouse, France).
"System for attaching the free end of a spool thread" was invented by Philippe Massotte (Gueberschwihr, France) and Baptiste Tredan (Illzach, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a system for fastening the free end of a thread of a spool, the system including a support means for a spool, a needle having at its end a hook associated with a mechanism for opening/closing the hook, the needle being oriented along an axis substantially parallel to the axis of the spool, a mechanism for axial pivoting and axial translation of the needle, and a retaining mec...